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Herbs are plants often used by witches as ingredients which can be incorporated into spells. They are provided by Nature and shown to have their own magical properties. Different herbs have different uses in which they can be used both to give aid and to harm others.
In The Vampire Diaries, the magical properties of herbs are first proven by Gloria in the episode The End of the Affair, when she states that she used "spells and herbs" to slow down her aging.